Job sectors
Source: https://www.york.ac.uk/students/work-volunteering-careers/options/sectors/ Parent: https://www.york.ac.uk/students/work-volunteering-careers/options/
Find out more about different employment and occupational sectors.
We have information on the following sectors.
- Advertising, marketing and PR
- Architecture
- Charity and voluntary sector
- Civil Service, central and local government
- Consultancy
- Creative writing
- Criminal justice
- Data science and analytics
- Digital, IT and cyber security
- Education - general
- Education - teaching
- Environment and energy
- Film and television production
- Finance
- Healthcare sciences
- Health services management
- Health - Allied professions
- Health - Medicine
- Health - Nursing
- Interactive Media & Creative Technologies
- International development
- Journalism
- Law
- Museums and heritage
- Music
- Politics and public affairs
- Psychology
- Public health
- Publishing
- Social care and social work
- Social impact
- Theatre: Writing, Directing and Performance
- Transport, logistics and supply chain management
- Working in research
For information about other sectors not listed here, please visit Prospects' Types of jobs and Job sectors.
Discovering employment trends in different sectors can also help you find relevant jobs. See the labour market information page for more details.
For more about finding and applying for jobs in Science, see our Science resources page.
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